February 21, 2017

Term: rabbit’s Hang-Tag Contest begins February 21, 2017, and ends March 3, 2017, at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST). By submitting an entry, each contestant agrees to the rules of the contest and states that he or she is 18 years old or older.

What we are looking for: We are seeking amazing pictures from your running adventures to be used on rabbit’s Fall 2017 hang-tag!! We are specifically looking for the following categories as there may be more than one image selected:

Men’s trail

Women’s trail.

Men’s road

Women’s road

Men’s track

Women’s track

To be eligible for any category, a photograph must have been shot by the entrant since January 1, 2014.

Cropped photos are eligible in all categories. We do not accept digitally or otherwise enhanced or altered photos. Minor adjustments, including spotting, dodging and burning, sharpening, contrast and slight color adjustment or the digital equivalents, are acceptable for all categories. If the judges determine that a photographer has altered his or her photo, they reserve the right to disqualify it.

How to enter:

Please submit photographs and requested information via email to jeff@runinrabbit.com. You may submit no more than two (2) photographs per category for a contest total of twelve (12) submissions. Photographs must be submitted in .jpeg, .jpg or .gif format, edited for web, at least 2,000 pixels wide and no larger than 10 MB.

We do not accept photographs submitted through the mail and do not accept more than one contestant per e-mail address. High-quality scans of non-digital photographs are acceptable. Digital photographs should be taken at the highest resolution possible.

Finalists will be asked to submit an original, unedited digital file or an original negative, print or slide. Original negatives, prints or slides will be returned to finalists.

rabbit reserves the right to disqualify incomplete entries and/or contestants who are unable to submit, upon request, a high-resolution photograph of at least 300 dpi at 3,000 pixels on the longest side or an original photo negative, print or slide. Mobile photographs must be submitted, upon request, at their highest resolution.

rabbit may collect a photograph’s metadata upon entry.

Prizes: rabbit may select up to twelve winners who will win the right to have their photo used on rabbit’s apparel hang tag for the Fall 2017 season.

Online Features: rabbit may select photos for highlight on its website or display in a publicly accessible contest archive; such selections will be made in rabbit’s sole discretion.

Conditions of Entry

All entrants hold rabbit, LLC and its respective member, directors, officers, employees, interns, agents, and volunteers (the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against all claims of any nature arising in connection with entrant’s participation in the contest and acceptance or use of a prize. The Indemnified Parties are not liable for any costs, damages, injuries, or other claims incurred as a result of entrants’ participation in the contest or winner’s acceptance and usage of a prize. The Indemnified Parties are not responsible for incomplete or misdirected entries, technical or network malfunctions or failures, or causes beyond their control. Entrants are solely responsible for their entries. Entrants may not submit materials that introduce any software viruses, worms or other programs designed to damage software, hardware or telecommunications equipment or are off-topic, partisan-political, contain advertising, nudity, personal attacks or expletives, or is otherwise abusive, threatening, unlawful, harassing, discriminatory, libelous, obscene, false, sexually explicit, or that infringes on the rights of any third party.

The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. rabbit reserves the right to cancel the contest or modify these rules at its discretion. In the event of a dispute regarding the winners, rabbit reserves the right to award or not award the prizes in its sole discretion. rabbit reserves the right to disqualify any entrant whose entry or conduct appears in any way to: inhibit the enjoyment of others; tamper with the competition; violate these rules or other applicable law or regulation; infringe on the rights of third parties; or act in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Decisions of rabbit are final and binding.

You retain your rights to your photograph; however, by entering the contest, you grant rabbit, LLC (and those authorized by rabbit, LLC) a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for any rabbit purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and promotion of rabbit and its website and commercial products, including but not limited to displaying on apparel hang tags, use in retail catalogs, and any other marketing related use, including social media use. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit as feasible. rabbit will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.

Judging:

Photo entries will be judged based on creativity, quality, originality, responsiveness to the prompt and overall impact.

Judging will be conducted by rabbit who will select a winner for each category. rabbit reserves the right to modify the categories after review of the submissions and reserves the right not to select any winner for any specific category. Winning photographs will be announced through social media at an appropriate time.

rabbit will notify the winner via the contact information provided at the time of entry; rabbit may disqualify anyone who fails to respond to the notification within five business days.

Please do not contact us about the status of entries or judging.

For a photo in which a person is recognizable, you must secure a model release from the subject or, in the case of a minor, the subject’s parent or guardian and provide it to rabbit upon request.

Similarly, entrants whose photos depict other people’s work (such as sculptures, statues, paintings, and other copyrightable works) may be need to obtain a release from the rights holder and provide it to rabbit upon request. When photographing the work of others, it must be as an object in its environment and not a full-frame close-up of another person's creation.

Photographs that have won other major photo contests, either online or in print, as determined by rabbit, are not eligible for submission. We define winning as having won a grand prize or 1st, 2nd or 3rd place overall. Photos that violate or infringe upon another person's rights, including but not limited to copyright, are not eligible.

Photos that contain sexually explicit, nude, obscene, violent or other objectionable or inappropriate content, as determined by rabbit in its sole discretion, are ineligible for all categories of this contest.